English
inculpatory
From inculpate + -ory.
A compound of inculpate + -ory
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- ‘to bend, turn’
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Proto-Italic *kʷolpā ‘wrong, mistake’
Latin culpa ‘blame, guilt’
Latin culpō ‘to blame’
Late Latin inculpo ‘to blame, accuse’
English inculpate
Today it means
adj That causes someone to be blamed for something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / inculpatory